Painting Sceptre Cabin Rood

[edloh]

Hello guys,

I have removed the hairy carpet on the roof of my cabin. After cleaning it offcouse. Is there a reason why i cannot use a good water based acrylic paint? i dread gelcoating upside down.....

[strick]

I cant answer your question about using the water based paint because I don't know however I would use a good epoxy paint if it were me. As long as it's out of the sunlight epoxy paint is good. It's tough and cleans easy.

strick

[Bigshrimpin]

I agree with strick . . . With all the raw unfinished fiberglass inside the cabin (under the rug) It's going to be WAY WAY too much work to fair that out and make it pretty. If you don't want to put carpet back up . . . just roll on gelcoat or epoxy primer . . . there's no need to sand it inside the cabin.

[bigeasy1]

I also removed the shag carpet from my 74 Tsunami's cabin,,and have spent lots of time just thinking about what i'll cover it with.

The old residual glue is to rough to get a nice finish with if it's just painted,and the thoughts of trying to put gelcoat up there is a nightmare.

I've decided that i'm either going to glue a light gray marine carpet or a marine headliner material to the interior cabin.
I think it will look nice,and also act as a sound deadener to some degree.

Man,what was with the shag carpet?I know it was the seventies,but that was carpet that belonged in a conversion van,not a boat.

[NoBones]

Man,what was with the shag carpet?I know it was the seventies,but that was carpet that belonged in a conversion van,not a boat.

It could have been worse considering that it was a 70's thing

Tye dye, with solar flair sun blobs on it
Wait a minute, it is all coming back to me now, I think it
might be called a flash back

I'm faced with same problem on my 78. I plan to pull the cap
anyway, and repair it while it is off the boat.
I have some serious dock rash on the cap and bow, thats
the way I bought it.
See ya, Ken

[abl1111]

I removed mine too - been (4) yrs I've been living with it bare. I did buy replacement stuff, NOT SHAG!!!, but the the same OEM stuff that is used in a lot of newer boats, i.e. Grady White.

I installed it only on the vertical, aft bulkheads. It looks good, but I did notice that after (4) yrs, it collected a little mold. Makes me worry about doing a whole cabin w/ it.?

If mold was not a problem, I don't think you could beat it.

[Sigma1]

I removed the carpet 2 years ago and applied "Grizzly Grip" coating. It basically is a truck bed liner material and comes in many colors. It consists of epoxy paint with small rubber pellets in the paint. It required very little prep and the consistency ofthe coating hides all belmishes in the fiberglass work. It has not faded, chipped or peeled and of course does not hold moisture. A little messy to apply overhead but if you take your time and cover up the sides and floor it should take only a few hours. You can google "grizzly Grip" and it should take you to the product

[65Bowrider]

The Grizzly Grip sounds like a very interesting product. I did go to their site. Did you use the fine or course? Two coats? Primed? How much prep work did you do? Any pictures of your finished product?

[Sigma1]

It required very little prep. I just removed any loose glue. I used 1 gallon of almond. No primer and the standard texture. The only option is fine but again I used the standard. I will try and get pictures and post next weekend

[65Bowrider]

Mitchell,
Thanks for the info, and I'll wait for pictures.